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Who would ever look by discount percentage? Why should I care what the price used to be?
Bro balance out your privilege. I only buy games under 3 dollars if they also have 90% discount.
It's a psychological trick where people tend to view discounts by how much they're saving than what they're actually spending
That kinda breaks down at some point though. At the very least I don't look at a mixed review hidden object game and think "Sweet! It's only $2 rather than the hundred dollars it normally sells for. What savings!"
And that's ignoring all the weirdness with the third party sale tracker somehow thinking a 98% discount on a $99.99 game is $46.20, when the game is still full price.